Ineffective meetings are a waste of time (and, of course, money) and correlate with lower work satisfaction. Organizations are rethinking their approach to meetings in an effort to focus on “deep work.” This Harvard Business Review article encourages systemic change around how businesses look at and lead meetings. It includes some easy suggestions about how+ Read More

This summer I received an email from a former student who wrote that she was “saddened and disappointed by the lack of attention, acknowledgement, and concern for the Black and Brown staff and clients” within her nonprofit organization and the society at large. She went on to say that management had neglected to open a+ Read More

Of all the work I do, perhaps the most difficult is helping organizations work through the challenges of a successful merger. Here are a few of my learnings… Mergers take time. Mergers take time, a lot of time. There is no way around it. It takes time to build trusting relationships, especially in a process+ Read More

Many years ago I had a boss who gave two types of feedback. You were either “phenomenal,” “extraordinary,” “a spark plug” (that was a really good thing) or you were “not strategic,” “bland” (I wasn’t often called that), “lazy.” Being called either fantastic or awful is not helpful. And that is a missed opportunity. Giving+ Read More

I am a social worker who believes passionately in the potential of nonprofit organizations to enrich our lives, strengthen our communities and transform our world. Over the past 25 years, I have worked in human service agencies, led a private foundation, taught management courses on the graduate level, and served on many boards and commissions.+ Read More